an organization that shaped my early career and instilled in me a lifelong commitment to community empowerment.

former JACL national presidentGrant Ujifusa was always among the most intense about redress.And like a lot of people there.

Mom didnt get a chance to go on to college.journalists and policy wonks but for politicians themselves.JACL national presidentI first came to know of Grant Ujifusa as editor of ‘The Almanac of American Politics.

— about 90 miles from the Heart Mountain War Relocation Authority Center — where his parents farmed sugar beets.But the teachers and the administration and the school board announced that.

His involvement in the campaign was relatively short.

But it was also the emotional reaction Ujifusa had to witnessing a 1981 hearing of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians that compelled him to lend his expertise to the redress movement.There was anxiety and stress by the small number of remaining members — ‘What are we going to do about Nikkei Hall? Between 2013 and 2017.

and improve residents quality of life.Over half are seniors or have disabilities.

The Laurel is a four-story building composed of 57 studio apartments reserved for individuals earning between 30% and 50% of the area media income (AMI) plus a managers unit.It provides housing for individuals who are unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused in Santa Monica.